It's been widely reported and that makes it fact-esque. - Stephen Colbert

Sestak and Murphy

Joe Sestak is putting together a fearsome Election Day plan. He's already got 576 people volunteering to watch the polls. From his email:

I want to thank the 576 new polling place workers who will make this
election the most secure in recent memory. Through your effort, we will have a
presence at every polling place district wide. This week we will conduct
training for every polling place worker.

I'm not sure how secure he expects the elections to be since his county, Delaware, will be voting on the unsecure, error-prone Danaher machines that can't be independently verified.

Full text of email is posted in the extended entry.

Also Sestak-related: Be sure to see his new ad that takes on Weldon's swiftboating. It's different from Murphy's but just as good.

With just over two weeks to go and a lead in the most recent independent
polls, this campaign has achieved a great deal. Thank you for all you have done
to help bring us to this point.

However, to win on Tuesday, November 7th, we must win two components of
Election Day. First, we must ensure an organization is in place to guarantee the
electoral process is fairly and competently managed. Second, we must be certain
that everyone who wants a change in Washington gets out to vote. This GOTV
effort will be the difference between winning and losing.

The first requirement to win on Election Day is that we have a sound
organization at every polling place. That 6 month effort is nearing
completion. I want to thank the 576 new polling place workers who will make this
election the most secure in recent memory. Through your effort, we will have a
presence at every polling place district wide. This week we will conduct
training for every polling place worker. I will attend each training session and
look forward to seeing you at the following places and times:

The second requirement to win Election Day is the execution of a
comprehensive 84 hour GOTV program culminating when the polls close on Election
Day.That program requires the participation of over two thousand
volunteers. At present we have over 1,368
commitments -- and if you have not been called and have not "signed up" for one
of these positions in the past week, please consider yourself as still needed,
and contact us immediately to help. We are looking for every available
supporter age 16 and up to help as drivers, canvass team members, phone
bankers, and election protection officials. Each position is crucial to ensuring
the hard work we have all done the past 9 months is not lost on Election
Day.

For those who have signed on, thank you. For everyone else, my final 'ask'
of this campaign is that you make yourselves available, for some time from 9am
Saturday through 9pm Election Day -- the election depends on you. To
volunteer for our GOTV and Election Day program, contact us immediately at info@sestakforcongress.com.

Bang for the Buck: Boosting the American Economy

Compassionate Conservatism in Action

Molly

"We are the deciders. And every single day, every single one of us needs to step outside and take some action to help stop this war."

Zinn

"[O]ur time, our energy, should be spent in educating, agitating, organizing our fellow citizens in the workplace, in the neighborhood, in the schools. Our objective should be to build, painstakingly, patiently but energetically, a movement that, when it reaches a certain critical mass, would shake whoever is in the White House, in Congress, into changing national policy on matters of war and social justice."

Bono

"True religion will not let us fall asleep in the comfort of our freedom. Love thy neighbor is not a piece of advice, it's a command. ...

God, my friends, is with the poor and God is with us, if we are with them. This is not a burden, this is an adventure."

The Reverend Al Sharpton

Ray wasn't singing about what he knew, 'cause Ray had been blind since he was a child. He hadn't seen many purple mountains. He hadn't seen many fruited plains. He was singing about what he believed to be.

Mr. President, we love America, not because of all of us have seen the beauty all the time.

But we believed if we kept on working, if we kept on marching, if we kept on voting, if we kept on believing, we would make America beautiful for everybody.

Marx

''With adequate profit, capital is very bold. A certain 10 percent will ensure its employment anywhere; 20 percent will produce eagerness, 50 percent positive audacity; 100 percent will make it ready to trample on all human laws; 300 percent, and there is not a crime which it will not scruple, nor a risk it will not run, even to the chance of its owner being hanged.''